Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá

Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá is a locality in , . Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Al-Saqr.

Military installation
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, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in a short distance outside , some 13 kilometres south of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dora and Al-Saydiya.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern , . Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. is situated 4 km northeast of Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern , . Baiyaa is to the north and to the east. A once middle-class district, much of was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to . is situated 4 km northwest of Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá.

Quarter
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or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, . It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the River. is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road. is situated 7 km northwest of Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá.

Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá

Latitude
33.21955° or 33° 13′ 10″ north
Longitude
44.38135° or 44° 22′ 53″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8H56699J+RG
Geo­Names ID
6927907
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In Other Languages

“Qaryat Hīsh al Ūlá” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرية هيش ألأولى”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as ‘Arab Shākir al ‘Ānī and Qaryat Abū Dashīr al Ūlá.

Notable Places Nearby

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